Candidate Worksheet Name/Rank: Total Years at USNA: Date of Rank: Daryl James Hartley, Professor 14.0 May, 2016 I. Education: Ph. D. August, 1998 M.S. B.S. August, 1995 May, 1992 Florida State University (Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Riley; Thesis Title: “High-Spin Nuclear Structure of 153,155,157 Tb and Superdeformed Bands in 132Pr”) Florida State University Furman University (Magna Cum Laude, ΦΒΚ) II. Employment: 2013-present 2007-2013 2002-2007 2000-2002 1998-2000 1994-1998 1993-1994 1992-1993 Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Associate Research Professor Postdoctoral Research Assistant Research Assistant Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Naval Academy University of Tennessee University of Tennessee Florida State University Florida State University Univ. Massachusetts-Lowell III. Teaching: a. Courses taught: PHY232 Fundamental Physics II – University of Tennessee (Waves, Optics, Modern Physics) Fall `01, Spring `01, `02 SP211 (3-2-4) General Physics I – Core Course (Mechanics) Fall `02, `11, `15 SP212 (3-2-4) General Physics II – Core Course (Electricity and Magnetism) Spring `03, `05, `07, `08, `10, `11, `12, `13, `14, `15, `16 Fall `07, `08, `09 SP221 (3-2-4) Physical Mechanics I – Physics Majors Course (Mechanics) Fall `03,`04, `05, `06, `12, `13, `14 SP222 (3-2-4) Electricity and Magnetism I – Physics Majors Course (Electricity and Magnetism) Spring `04 SP301 (3-0-3) Modern Physics – Service Course (Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear) Spring `05, `06 SP434 (3-2-4) Nuclear Physics – Physics Majors Course (Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Physics) Spring `06, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12, `14, `15, `16 SP481 (1-0-1) Preparation for Physics Research § § § § § § § § § § § SP485/6 (3-0-3) Spring 2005: Billy Mohr `06, “Continued study of 171Ta” Spring 2005: Tim Fitzgerald `06, “Determining the polarization of gamma rays using Compton scattering” Fall 2005: Billy Mohr `06, “Polarization measurement with Gammasphere?” Spring 2006: A. 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Storrs `07, “High-spin states in 159Tm” Fall 2007: Ryan Pifer `09, “Digital spectroscopy with a Clover detectors” Spring 2008: Ryan Pifer `09: “Preparation for working with Gammasphere data” Spring 2010: Eowyn Pedicini `11: “Preparation for Trident Scholar Program: Basics of nuclear structure” Spring 2013: Matthew Benner `15: “Basics of nuclear structure physics” Spring 2013: Steven Hallgren `15: “High-spin states in the doublyodd nucleus 172Re” Fall 2013: Steven Hallgren `15: “Search for TSD structures in 156 Dy” Spring 2014: Matthew Benner `15: “Characterizing the New USNA LaBr Detector” Physics Research Project § SP495/6 (3-0-3) Fall 2015: Jules Godino `16: “Configuration Assignment of Rotational Bands in 168Re Through B(M1)/B(E2) Ratios” Physics Research Project § § § § Spring 2004: Jack Hathaway `04, “Integration of a Clover Detector with the necessary electronics and computer program to utilize the ADDBACK method” Fall 2004: Billy Mohr `06, “Spectroscopy of 171Ta” Fall 2005: Tim Fitzgerald `06, “High-spin states in 160Tm” Spring 2006: Tim Fitzgerald `06, “Characterization of rotational bands in 160Tm” § § § § § § § § § § § § Fall 2006: Alexander Ludington `07, “Search for triaxial deformation in 167Ta,” Bowman Project Spring 2007: Alexander Ludington `07, “Multipolarity, Polarization Ratios and Level Scheme for 167Ta,” Bowman Project Fall 2007: Evan Seyfried `08, “Study of neutron-deficient Astatine and Francium nuclei,” Bowman Project Spring 2008: Evan Seyfried `08, “Possible shears bands in 204At and 206Fr?” Bowman Project Fall 2008: Ryan Pifer `09, “Nuclear structure and tantalum-167,” Bowman Project Spring 2009: Ryan Pifer `09, “Wobbling mode in 167Ta,” Bowman Project Fall 2010: Eowyn Pedicini `11, “Search for the Exotic Wobbling Mode in 171Re,” Trident/Bowman Project Spring 2011: Eowyn Pedicini `11, “Search for the Exotic Wobbling Mode in 171Re,” Trident/Bowman Project: Honorable Mention for Ward Prize (best Trident Project) Fall 2011: Jacob Cavey `12, “Search for the Wobbling Mode in 171 Re,” Bowman Project Fall 2014: Steven Hallgren `15, “Nuclear Structure of 160Lu,” Trident Scholar Project. Fall 2014: Matthew Benner `15, “Designing New Data Acquisition System for USNA Nuclear Laboratory” Spring 2015: Steven Hallgren `15, “Nuclear Structure of 160Lu,” Trident Scholar Project b. Course coordination: SP434, SP301, SP221, SP222, SP212 c. Course and laboratory development: SP221, SP222, SP301, SP434 Attended Cooperative Learning Workshop at USNA (August 2004) Attended LON-CAPA Conference at George Washington Univ. (January 2004) Attended Teaching Portfolio Workshop at USNA (June 2003) Attended American Physical Society Junior Faculty Teaching Seminar (October 2002) IV. Scholarship and Scholarly Activity: a. Grants and awards: 2015 2012 Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $139,240 over a three-year period (Grant No. PHY-1502092) Department of Physics nominee for the Class of 1951 Research Excellence Award – Honorable Mention 2012 2010 2009 2009 2008 2006 2006 2003 Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $135,200 over a three-year period (Grant No. PHY-1203100) Department of Physics nominee for the Class of 1951 Research Excellence Award Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $112,005 over a three-year period (Grant No. PHY-0854815). Department of Physics nominee for the Class of 1951 Teaching Excellence Award – Honorable Mention Department of Physics nominee for the Class of 1951 Research Excellence Award Department of Physics nominee for the Class of 1951 Research Excellence Award – Honorable Mention Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $67,013 over a three year period (Grant No. PHY-0554762). Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $79,397 over a three year period (Grant No. PHY-0300673). b. Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Associates Mentored Dr. Omar Zeidan – 2002 Ph. D at the University of Tennessee. Currently a Research Associate at the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City. Dr. Hyo-In Park – 2003 M.S. at the University of Tennessee. Currently a postdoc at Texas A&M University. Dr. Jason Goon – 2004 Ph. D at the University of Tennessee. Currently a research professor at the University of South Dakota. Dr. Miroslav Danchev – 2004 Ph. D at the University of Sofia (Bulgaria). Currently an instructor at the University of Sofia. Dr. Martin Djongolov – 2006 Ph. D at the University of Tennessee. Currently an instructor at the University of Sofia. Dr. Aaron Aguilar – 2008 Ph. D at Florida State University. Currently a staff member at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. c. Peer-reviewed publications: i. The following publications are ones where I had a primary role in the experiment, analysis, and writing of the paper. 1. “Persistence of collective behavior at high spin in the N = 88 nucleus 153Tb,” D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, R. V. F. Janssens, E. S. Paul, J. M. Rees, J. Simpson, L. L. Riedinger, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, P. Hampson, C. R. Hoffman, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. R. Mason, J. T. Matta, P. J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, D. C. Radford, J. P. Revill, S. Zhu, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 91, 057301 (2015) – 4 pages. 2. “High-spin structure of odd-odd 172Re,” D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, J. J. Carroll, J. Cavey, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, U. Garg, S. S. Hota, E. G. Jackson, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, M. Litz, W. C. Ma, J. Matta, E. S. Paul, E. E. Pedicini, J. Simpson, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 90, 017301 (2014) – 5 pages. 3. “Possible deformation evolution in the πi13/2 structure of 171Re,” D. J. Hartley, E. E. Pedicini, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, J. J. Carroll, J. Cavey, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, U. Garg, S. S. Hota, E. G. Jackson, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, M. Litz, W. C. Ma, J. Matta, E. S. Paul, J. Simpson, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 88, 044323 (2013) – 15 pages. 4. “Multiple band structures in 169,170Re: Search for the wobbling mode in 169Re, and residual-interaction analysis of structures in 170Re,” D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, A. D. Ayangeakaa, P. F. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, U. Garg, G. Gurdal, S. S. Hota, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, J. Matta, E. A. McCutchan, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. E. Pedicini, J. R. Vanhoy, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 87, 024315 (2013) – 15 pages. 5. “Rotational structures and the wobbling mode in 167Ta,” D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, I. G. Darby, U. Garg, Q. A. Ijaz, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, A. Ludington, W. C. Ma, E. A. McCutchan, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. P. Seyfried, U. Shirwadkar, I. Stefanescu, S. K. Tandel, J. R. Vanhoy, S. Zhu, and S. Frauendorf, Physical Review C 83, 064307 (2011) – 19 pages. 6. “Band crossings in 166Ta,” D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, I. G. Darby, U. Garg, Q. A. Ijaz, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, E. A. McCutchan, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. P. Seyfried, U. Shirwadkar, I. Stefanescu, S. K. Tandel, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 82, 057302 (2010) – 4 pages. 7. “Alignments, additivity, and signature inversion in odd-odd 170Ta: A comprehensive high-spin study,” A. Aguilar, D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, C. Teal, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, M. Danchev, M. K. Djongolov, G. B. Hagemann, A. A. Hecht, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, W. H. Mohr, E. F Moore, S. W. Ødegård, L. L. Riedinger, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, J. R. Vanhoy, X. Wang, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 81, 064317 (2010) – 19 pages. 8. “Wobbling mode in 167Ta,” D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, I. G. Darby, U. Garg, Q. A. Ijaz, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, A. Ludington, W. C. Ma, E. A. McCutchan, S. Mukhopadhyay, R. Pifer, E. P. Seyfried, I. Stefanescu, S. K. Tandel, U. Tandel, J. R. Vanhoy, X. Wang, S. Zhu, I. Hamamoto, and S. Frauendorf, Physical Review C 80, 041304(R) (2009) – 5 pages. 9. “Possible shears bands in 204At and 206Fr, and identification of excited states in 205,207 Fr,” D. J. Hartley, E. P. Seyfried, W. Reviol, D. G. Sarantites, C. J. Chiara, O. L. Pechenaya, K. Hauschild, A. Lopez-Martens, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Seweryniak, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 78, 054319 (2008) – 8 pages. 10. “Multiple rotational structures in 169Ta,” D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, J. R. Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. Teal, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, A. A. Hecht, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, M. K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, W. C. Ma, S. W. Odegard, Physical Review C 74, 054314 (2006) – 16 pages. 11. “Detailed high-spin spectroscopy and the search for the wobbling mode in 171Ta ,” D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, J. R. Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. Teal, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, A. A. Hecht, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, M. K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, W. C. Ma, S. W. Odegard, Physical Review C 72, 064325 (2005) – 16 pages. 12. “Wobbling excitations in strongly deformed Hf nuclei?” D. J. Hartley, M. K. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, E. F. Moore, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. R. Bingham, D. B. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, M. Cromaz, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, P. Fallon, J. Goon, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, R. W. Laird, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. McClain, G. Mukherjee, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, H. I. Park, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, P. M. Walker, and Jing-Ye Zhang, Physics Letters B 608, 31-38 (2005). 13. “Shape coexistence and band crossings in 174Pt,” J. TM. Goon, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, K. H. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, J. A. Cizewski, C. N. Davids, M. Danchev, T. L. Khoo, A. Heinz, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. Ressler, W. Reviol, D. Seweryniak, M. B. Smith, I. Wiedenhöver, and Jing-ye Zhang, Physical Reveiw C 70, 014309 (2004) – 6 pages. 14. “Rotational structures near 40 ħ in 123La,” H. I. Park, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, W. Reviol, O. Zeidan, Jing-Ye Zhang, A. Galindo-Uribarri, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, D. Seweryniak, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, B. G. Dong, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 68, 044323 (2003) – 13 pages. 15. “Extending the Region of Triaxial Superdeformation: Candidate TSD Bands in 174 Hf,” M. K. Djongolov, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, D. L. Balabanski, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, H. El-Masri, J. Goon, A. Heinz, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, M. A. Riley, D. Seweryniak, I. Shestakova, G. Sletten, P. M. Walker, C. Wheldon, I. Wiedenhover, O. Zeidan, and Jing-ye Zhang, Physics Letters B 560, 24-30 (2003). 16. “In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy of 172Pt,” M. Danchev, D. J. Hartley, F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, K. H. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, D. L. Balabanski, J. A. Cizewski, C. N. Davids, A. Heinz, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. Ressler, W. Reviol, M. B. Smith, D. Seweryniak, and I. Wiedenhöver, Physical Review C 67, 014312 (2003) – 7 pages. 17. “Yrast spectroscopy of 128Nd68 and systematics of the υh11/2 crossing in A ~ 130 nuclei,” O. Zeidan, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, W. Reviol, W. D. Weintraub, Y. Sun, J.-Y. Zhang, A. Galindo-Uribarri, S. D. Paul, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Seweryniak, Physical Review C 66, 044311 (2002) – 9 pages. 18. “Toward complete spectroscopy of 128Pr and rotational structures in 126Pr,” D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, M. Danchev, W. Reviol, O. Zeidan, Jing-ye Zhang, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. J. Gross, C. Baktash, M. Lipoglavsek, S. D. Paul, D. C. Radford, C.-H. Yu, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Seweryniak, and E. Padilla, Physical Review C 65, 044329 (2002) – 22 pages. 19. “Rotational structures in 129Nd and signature splitting systematics of the υh11/2 bands in A~130 nuclei,” O. Zeidan, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, M. Danchev, W. Reviol, W. D. Weintraub, Jing-ye Zhang, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. J. Gross, S. D. Paul, C. Baktash, M. Lipoglavsek, D. C. Radford, C. H. Yu, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Seweryniak, and E. Padilla, Physical Review C 65, 024303 (2002) – 15 pages. 20. “Detailed spectroscopy of the chiral-twin candidate bands in 136Pm,” D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, D. L. Balabanski, F. G. Kondev, R. W. Laird, J. Pfohl, D. E. Archer, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, D. R. LaFosse, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, R. Wadsworth, Jing-ye Zhang, P. B. Semmes, and F. Dönau, Physical Review C 64, 031304(R) (2001) – 5 pages. 21. “First evidence of excited states in the near-drip-line nucleus 126Pr and signature inversion in A~130 nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. Baktash, M. P. Carpenter, M. Danchev, M. Devlin, C. J. Gross, R. V. F. Janssens, M. Lipoglavsek, E. Padilla, S. D. Paul, D. C. Radford, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. G. Sarantites, D. Seweryniak, C.-H. Yu, and O. Zeidan, Physical Review C 63, 041301(R) (2001) – 5 pages. 22. “Yrast spectroscopy of 130Nd and evidence of a highly deformed band,” D. J. Hartley, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, H. Q. Jin, B. H. Smith, N. Yoder, O. Zeidan, A. Galindo-Uribarri, D. G. Sarantites, D. R. LaFosse, J. N. Wilson, and S. M. Mullins, Physical Review C 63, 024316 (2001) – 8 pages. 23. “Multiple band interactions in 131Nd,” D. J. Hartley, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. L. Balabanski, H. Q. Jin, B. H. Smith, O. Zeidan, Jing-ye Zhang, A. GalindoUribarri, D. G. Sarantites, D. R. LaFosse, J. N. Wilson, and S. M. Mullins, Physical Review C 61, 044328 (2000) – 18 pages. 24. “Migration from the normal to the highly deformed minimum in 131Nd,” D. J. Hartley, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, F. G. Kondev, A. Galindo-Uribarri, D. G. Sarantites, H. Q. Jin, D. R. LaFosse, S. M. Mullins, B. H. Smith, and J. N. Wilson, Physical Review C 60, 041301(R) (1999) – 5 pages. 25. “Rotational structures in 125La and alignments in A≈130 nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, H. Q. Jin, W. Reviol, B. H. Smith, A. Galindo-Uribarri, D. G. Sarantites, D. R. LaFosse, J. N. Wilson, and S. M. Mullins, Physical Review C 60, 014308 (1999) – 11 pages. 26. “Second Proton and Neutron Alignments in the Doubly-Odd Nuclei 154,156Tb,” D. J. Hartley, J. L. Allen, T. B. Brown, F. G. Kondev, J. Pfohl, M. A. Riley, S. M. Fischer, R. V. F. Janssens, D. T. Nisius, P. Fallon, W. C. Ma, J. Simpson, Physical Review C 59, 1171-1174 (1999). 27. “High-spin structures in 155Tb and signature splitting systematics of the πh11/2 bands in odd A ~ 160 nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, T. B. Brown, F. G. Kondev, J. Pfohl, M. A. Riley, S. M. Fischer, R. V. F. Janssens, D. T. Nisius, P. Fallon, W. C. Ma, J. Simpson, Physical Review C 58, 2720-2735 (1998). 28. “Observation of three-quasiparticle structures in the N = 88 nucleus 153Tb,” D. J. Hartley, T. B. Brown, F. G. Kondev, R. W. Laird, J. Pfohl, A. M. Richmond, M. A. Riley, J. Doring, J. Simpson, Physical Review C 58, 1321-1324 (1998). 29. “Rotational structures in 155Eu and 157Tb,” D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, D. E. Archer, T. B. Brown, J. Doring, R. A. Kaye, F. G. Kondev, T. Petters, J. Pfohl, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Tabor, and J. Simpson, Physical Review C 57, 2944-2961 (1998). 30. “Proton orbital effects in the second minimum of doubly odd 132Pr,” D. J. Hartley, J. Pfohl, M. A. Riley, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, D. E. Archer, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, P. J. Nolan, N. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, R. K. Sheline, J. Simpson, and R. Wadsworth, Physical Review C 55, R985-R989 (1997). ii. The following papers are ones in which I assisted with the experiment, and played a secondary role with the analysis and writing of the paper. 1. “Observation of γ vibrations and alignments built on non-ground-state configurations in 156Dy,” S. N. T. Majola, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, J. M. Allmond, C. Beausang, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, N. Cooper, D. Curien, B. J. P. Gall, P. E. Garrett, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, W. D. Kulp, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, D. Miller, J. Piot, N. Redon, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, I. Stefanescu, V. Werner, X. Wang, J. L. Wood, C.-H. Yu, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 91, 034330 (2015). 2. “Multi-quasiparticle structures up to spin ~44ħ in the odd-odd nucleus 168Ta,” X. Wang, D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, L. L. Riedinger, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, I. Darby, U. Garg, Q. Ijaz, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, E. A. McCutchan, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. P. Seyfried, I. Stefanescu, S. K. Tandel, U. S. Tandel, C. Teal, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 82, 034315 (2010) – 9 pages. 3. “Triaxial strongly deformed bands in 160,161Tm,” C. Teal, K. Lagergren, A. Aguilar, D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, M. P. Carpenter, U. Garg, R. V. F. Janssens, D. T. Joss, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, X. Wang, S. Zhu, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 78, 017305 (2008) – 4 pages. 4. “Measurement of conversion coefficients in normal and triaxial strongly deformed bands in 167Lu,” G. Gurdal, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, B. Crider, A. Heinz, E. Williams, D. J. Hartley, M. P. Carpenter, A. A. Hecht, R. V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, R. Raabe, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, J. X. Saladin,” Physical Review C 77, 024314 (2008) – 7 pages. 5. “New shape minimum in 160Yb: Evidence for a triaxial, strongly deformed band,” A. Aguilar, D. B. Campbell, K. Chandler, A. Pipidis, M. A. Riley, C. Teal, J. Simpson, D. J. Hartley, F. G. Kondev, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, P. Fallon, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 77, 021302(R) (2008) – 5 pages. 6. “Rotational structures and their evolution with spin in 152Gd,” D. B. Campbell, R. W. Laird, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, F. G. Kondev, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, T. B. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, P. Fallon, S. M. Fischer, T. Lauritsen, D. Nisius, I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 75, 064314 (2007) – 8 pages. 7. “Highly deformed bands in 175Hf,” D. T. Scholes, D. M. Cullen, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, D. J. Hartley, M. K. Djongolov, G. Sletten, G. Hagemann, C. Wheldon, P. M. Walker, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, D. L. Balabanski, P. Chowdhury, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, H. M. El-Masri, J. Goon, A. Heinz, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, D. Seweryniak, I. Shestakova, I. Wiedenhöver, O. Zeidan, and Jing-ye Zhang, Physical Review C 70, 054314 (2004) – 8 pages. 8. “Possible assignment of chiral twin bands in 188Ir,” D. L. Balabanski, M. Danchev, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, O. Zeidan, Jing-ye Zhang, C. J. Barton, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Caprio, R. F. Casten, J. R. Cooper, A. A. Hecht, R. Krücken, J. R. Novak, N. V. Zamfir, and K. E. Zyromski, Physical Review C 70, 044305 (2004) – 8 pages. 9. “Differential quadrupole moment measurements of the 1/2 + [660] (i13/2) neutron intruder band in 133Nd and 135Nd,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, D. J. Hartley, T. B. Brown, R. W. Laird, M. Lively, J. Pfohl, R. K. Sheline, E. S. Paul, D. T. Joss, P. J. Nolan, S. L. Shepherd, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, F. Lerma, R. Wadsworth, I. M. Hibbert, N. J. O'Brien, J. Simpson, and D. E Archer, Physical Review C 60, 011303(R) (1999) – 5 pages. 10. “Relative quadrupole deformations for decoupled structures in the odd-odd 130Pr and 132Pr,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, D. J. Hartley, T. B. Brown, R. W. Laird, M. Lively, J. Pfohl, R. K. Sheline, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, F. Lerma, R. Wadsworth, I. M. Hibbert, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, D. T. Joss, P. J. Nolan, S. L. Shepherd, D. E. Archer, and J. Simpson, Physical Review C 59, 3076-3085 (1999). 11. “Configuration and unusually fast decay of the K = 16- four-quasiparticle isomer in 182Re,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, D. J. Hartley, R. W. Laird, T. B. Brown, M. Lively, K. W. Kemper, J. Pfohl, S. L. Tabor, R. K. Sheline, Physical Review C 59, R575-R579 (1999). π 12. “High-K quasi-particle structures in 159Er and 160Er,” J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, R. W. Laird, D. J. Hartley, F. G. Kondev, J. Sweeney, A. N. Wilson, S. J. Gale, M. A. Bentley, A. M. Bruce, R. Chapman, D. M. Cullen, P. Fallon, R. M. Clark, P. D. Forsyth, S. J. Freeman, P. M. Jones, J. C. Lisle, A. O. Macchiavelli, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, A.G. Smith, J. F. Smith, and D. M. Thompson, European Physical Journal A 1, 267-274 (1998). 13. “πg9/2 structures in odd-odd 130Pr and alignment processes in superdeformed praseodymium nuclei,” T. B. Brown, J. Pfohl, M. A. Riley, D. J. Hartley, D. G. Sarantites, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, F. Lerma, D. E. Archer, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, R. K. Sheline, J. Simpson, R. Wadsworth, and Y. Sun, Physical Review C 56, R12101214 (1997). 14. “High-spin results for 155Tb,” M.A. Riley, D.J. Hartley, J. Simpson, J.F. SharpeySchafer, D.E. Archer, T.B. Brown, J. Doring, P. Fallon, C.A. Kalfas, and S.L. Tabor, Physical Review C 53, 989-992 (1996). iii. The following papers are ones in which I assisted with the experiment. 1. “One-neutron pickup into 49Ca: Bound neutron g9/2 spectroscopic strength at N=29,” A. Gade, J. A. Tostevin, V. Bader, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, J. S. Berryman, B. A. Brown, D. J. Hartley, E. Lunderberg, F. Recchia, S. R. Stroberg, Y. Utsuno, D. Weisshaar, K. Wimmer Physical Review C 93, 031601 (2016). 2. “Decay and Fission Hindrance of Two- and Four-Quasiparticle K Isomers in 254 Rf,” H. M. David, J. Chen, D. Seweryniak, F. G. Kondev, J. M. Gates, K. E. Gregorich, I. Ahmad, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, B. B. Back, B. Baartman, P. F. Bertone, L. A. Bernstein, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, D. T. Doherty, G. D. Dracoulis, N. E. Esker, P. Fallon, O. R. Gothe, J. P. Greene, P. T. Greenlees, D. J. Hartley, K. Hauschild, C. R. Hoffman, S. S. Hota, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, J. Konki, J. T. Kwarsick, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, P. R. Mudder, C. Nair, Y. Qiu, J. Rissanen, A. M. Rogers, P. Ruotsalainen, G. Savard, S. Stolze, A. Wiens, S. Zhu Physical Review Letters 115, 132502 (2015). 3. “Recent Results at Ultrahigh Spin: Terminating States and Beyond in Mass 160 Rare-earth Nuclei,” E. S. Paul, J. M. Rees, P. Hampson, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, A. D. Ayangeakaa, J. S. Baron, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, D. J. Hartley, C. R. Hoffman, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. R. Mason, J. Matta, S. L. Miller, P. J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, D. C. Radford, J. P. Revill, X. Wang, S. Zhu, I. Ragnarsson, Acta Physica Polonica B46, 487 (2015). 4. “High-spin terminating states in the N = 88 155Ho and 156Er isotones,” J. M. Rees, E. S. Paul, J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, P. Hampson, D. J. Hartley, C. R. Hoffman, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. R. Mason, J. Matta, S. L. Miller, P. J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, D. C. Radford, J. P. Revill, X. Wang, S. Zhu, J. Gellanki, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 91, 054301 (2015). 5. “Transverse Wobbling in 135Pr,” J. T. Matta, U. Garg, S. Frauendorf, A. D. Ayangeakaa, D. Patel, K. W. Schlax, R. Palit, S. Saha, J. Sethi, T. Trivedi, S. S. Ghugre, R. Raut, A. K. Sinha, R. V. F. Janssens, S. Zhu, M. P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak, C. J. Chiara, F. G. Kondev, D. J. Hartley, C. M. Petrache, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, M. Kumar Raju, P. V. Madhusudhana Rao, S. K. Tandel, S. Ray, and F. Dönau, Physical Review Letters 114, 082501 (2015). 6. “Multiple excitation modes in 163Hf,” R. B. Yadav, W. C. Ma, J. C. Marsh, Q. A. Ijaz, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. R. Hoffman, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, G. Gurdal, G. B. Hagemann, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, S. Mukhopadhyay, Physical Review C 90, 054325 (2014). 7. “N=151 Pu, Cm and Cf nuclei under rotational stress: Role of higher-order deformations,” S. S. Hota, P. Chowdhury, T. L. Khoo, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, Y. Qiu, I. Ahmad, J. P. Greene, S. K. Tandel, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, P. F. Bertone, C. J. Chiara, A. Y. Deo, N. D'Olympia, S. Gros, C. J. Guess, T. Harrington, D. J. Hartley, G. Henning, C. R. Hoffman, E. G. Jackson, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. A. McCutchan, K. Moran, C. Nair, D. Peterson, U. Shirwadkar, I. Stefanescu, Physics Letters B 739, 13 (2014). 8. “Characterization of octupole-type structures in 221Th,” W. Reviol, R. V. F. Janssens, S. Frauendorf, D. G. Sarantites, M. P. Carpenter, X. Chen, C. J. Chiara, D. J. Hartley, K. Hauschild, T. Lauritsen, A. Lopez-Martens, M. Montero, O. L. Pechenaya, D. Seweryniak, J. B. Snyder, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 90, 044318 (2014). 9. “Identification of triaxial strongly deformed bands in 164Hf,” J. C. Marsh, W. C. Ma, G. B. Hagemann, R. V. F. Janssens, R. Bengtsson, H. Ryde, M. P. Carpenter, G. Gurdal, D. J. Hartley, C. R. Hoffman, Q. A. Ijaz, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Mukhopadhyay, L. L. Riedinger, R. B. Yadav, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 88, 041306 (2013). 10. “Triaxial deformation and nuclear shape transition in 192Au,” Y. Oktem, D. L. Balabanski, B. Akkus, L. Amon Susam, L. Atanasova, C. W. Beausang, R. B. Cakirli, R. F. Casten, M. Danchev, M. Djongolov, E. Ganioglu, K. A. Gladnishki, J. Tm. Goon, D. J. Hartley, A. A. Hecht, R. Krucken, J. R. Novak, G. Rainovski, L. L. Riedinger, T. Venkova, I. Yigitoglu, N. V. Zamfir, O. Zeidan, Physical Review C 86, 054305 (2012) – 8 pages. 11. “High-spin proton alignments and evidence for a second band with enhanced deformation in 171Hf,” Y. C. Zhang, Q. A. Ijaz, W. C. Ma, G. B. Hagemann, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, M. K. Djongolov, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. Ngiojoi-Yogo, S. Odegard, L. L. Riedinger, S. V. Rigby, D. G. Roux, D. T. Scholes, R. B. Yadav, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 85, 064307 (2012) – 17 pages. 12. “Quadrupole moments of collective structures up to spin ~65h in 157Er and 158Er: A challenge for understanding triaxiality in nuclei,” X. Wang, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, E. S. Paul, J. Ollier, R. V. F. Janssens, A. D. Ayangeakaa, H. C. Boston, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, D. J. Hartley, D. S. Judson, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, N. M. Lumley, J. Matta, P. J. Nolan, M. Petri, J. P. Revill, L. L. Riedinger, S. V. Rigby, C. Unsworth, S. Zhu, I. Ragnarsson, Physics Letters B 702, 127 (2011) – 4 pages. 13. “Tidal waves and onset of collectivity above N = 126,” W. Reviol, D. G. Sarantities, X. Chen, M. Montero, O. L. Pechenaya, J. Snyder, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, K. Hauschild, A. Lopez-Martens, D. J. Hartley, S. Frauendorf, Acta Physica Polanica B 42, 671 (2011). 14. “Diverse collective excitations in 159Er up to high spin,”M. Mustafa, J. Ollier, J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, E. S. Paul, X. Wang, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, I. G. Darby, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. Nolan, M. Petri, J. M. Rees, J. P. Revill, S. V. Rigby, C. Teal, J. Thomson, C. Unsworth, S. Zhu, B. G. Carlsson, H. L. Ma, T. Mufti, I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 84, 054320 (2011) – 20 pages. 15. “High-spin yrast structure of 159Ho,” J. Ollier, J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, E. S. Paul, X. Wang, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, I. G. Darby, D. J. Hartley, R.V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. Nolan, M. Petri, S. V. Rigby, C. Teal, J. Thomson, C. Unsworth, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 84, 027302 (2011) – 4 pages. 16. “Non-yrast positive-parity structures in the γ-soft nucleus 156Er,” J. M. Rees, E. S. Paul, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, A. D. Ayangeakaa, H. C. Boston, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, D. S. Judson, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, N. M. Lumley, J. Matta, P. J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, J. P. Revill, L. L. Riedinger, S. V. Rigby, C. Unsworth, X. Wang, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 83, 044314 (2011) – 7 pages. 17. “Quadrupole moment measurements for strongly deformed bands in 171,172Hf,” S. Mukhopadhyay, W. C. Ma, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, G. B. Hagemann, D. J. Hartley, S. S. Hota, Q. A. Ijaz, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, S. Lakshmi, T. Lauritsen, J. Marsh, L. L. Riedinger, Y. Toh, R. B. Yadav, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 83, 044311 (2011) – 7 pages. 18. “Structure changes in 160Er from low to ultrahigh spin,” J. Ollier, J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, E. S. Paul, X. Wang, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, I. G. Darby, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. Nolan, M. Petri, J. M. Rees, S. V. Rigby, C. Teal, J. Thomson, C. Unsworth, S. Zhu, A. Kardan, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 83, 044309 (2011) – 18 pages. 19. “K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in 176Hf,” G. Mukherjee, P. Chowdhury, F. G. Kondev, P. M. Walker, G. D. Dracoulis, R. D’Alarcao, I. Shestakova, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, M. P. Carpenter, A. Heinz, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, I. Wiedenhoever, D. M. Cullen, C. Wheldon, D. L. Balabanski, M. Danchev, T. M. Goon, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, O. Zeidan, M. A. Riley, R. A. Kaye, and G. Sletten, Physical Review C 82, 054316 (2010) – 6 pages. 20. “Rotational bands in odd-A Cm and Cf isotopes: Exploring the highest neutron orbitals,” S. K. Tandel, P. Chowdhury, S. Lakshmi, U. S. Tandel, I. Ahmad, M. P. Carpenter, S. Gros, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, J. P. Greene, D. J. Hartley, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Peterson, A. Robinson, D. Seweryniak, and S. Zhu, Physical Review C 82, 041301(R) (2010) – 5 pages. 21. “High-spin proton alignments and coexisting coupling schemes in 168Hf,” R. B. Yadav, W. C. Ma, G. B. Hagemann, H. Amro, A. Bracco, M. P. Carpenter, J. Domscheit, S. Frattini, D. J. Hartley, B. Herskind, H. Hübel, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, B. Million, S. Ødegård, L. L. Riedinger, K. A. Schmidt, S. Siem, G. Sletten, P. G. Varmette, J. N. Wilson, and Y. C. Zhang, Physical Review C 80, 064306 (2009) – 15 pages. 22. “Collective and noncollective states in 116Cd studied via the beta decays of 116 Agm1,m2,gs,” J. C. Batchelder, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, K. P. Rykaczewski, J.-C. Bilheux, C. R. Bingham, H. K. Carter, D. Fong, R. Grzywacz, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, W. D. Kulp, Y. Larochelle, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, E. H. Spejewski, D. W. Stracener, M. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, and E. F. Zganjar, Physical Review C 80, 054318 (2009) – 24 pages. 23. “Identification of triaxial strongly deformed bands in 168Hf,” R. B. Yadav, W. C. Ma, G. B. Hagemann, R. Bengtsson, H. Ryde, H. Amro, A. Bracco, M. P. Carpenter, J. Domscheit, S. Frattini, D. J. Hartley, B. Herskind, H. Hübel, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, B. Million, S. Ødegård, L. L. Riedinger, K. A. Schmidt, S. Siem, G. Sletten, P. G. Varmette, J. N. Wilson, and Y. C. Zhang, Physical Review C 78, 044316 (2008) – 7 pages. 24. “Search for strongly deformed structures and observation of multiple nucleon alignments in 174W,” S. K. Tandel, A. J. Knox, C. Parnell-Lampen, U. S. Tandel, P. Chowdhury, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, X. Wang, S. Zhu, D. J. Hartley, J.-ye. Zhang, Physical Review C 77, 024313 (2008) – 8 pages. 25. “Nuclear shapes of highly deformed bands in 171,172Hf and neighboring Hf isotopes,” Y. C. Zhang, W. C. Ma, A. V. Afanasjev, G. B. Hagemann, J. Begnaud, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, M. K. Djongolov, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, S. Odegard, L. L. Riedinger, S. V. Rigby, D. G. Roux, D. T. Scholes, R. B. Yadav, J.-Y. Zhang, S. Zhu, Physical Review C 76, 064321 (2007) – 10 pages. 26. “High-spin states in 191,193Au and 192Pt: Evidence for oblate deformation and triaxial shapes,” Y. Oktem, D. L. Balabanski, B. Akkus, C. W. Beausang, M. Bostan, R. B. Cakirli, R. F. Casten, M. Danchev, M. Djongolov, M. N. Erduran, S. Erturk, K. A. Gladniski, G. Gurdal, J. Tm. Goon, D. J. Hartley, A. A. Hecht, R. Krucken, N. Nikolov, J. R. Novak, G. Rainovski, L. L. Riedinger, I. Yigitoglu, N. V. Zamfir, O. Zeidan, Physical Review C 76, 044315 (2007) – 9 pages. 27. “Systematics of isomeric configurations in N = 77 odd-Z isotones near the proton drip line,” M. N. Tantawy, C. R. Bingham, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, W. Krolas, M. Danchev, D. Fong, T. N. Ginter, C. J. Gross, R. Grzywacz, K. Hagino, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, M. Karny, K. Li, C. Mazzocchi, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, K. Rykaczewski, D. Shapira, A. Stolz, J. A. Winger, C.-H. Yu, E. F. Zganjar, Physical Review C 73, 024316 (2006) – 17 pages. 28. “Structural behavior of 157, 158, 159Dy in the I=30-50 ħ spin regime,” A. Pipidis, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, D. E. Appelbe, A. P. Bagshaw, M. A. Bentley, T. B. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, D. M. Cullen, D. B. Campbell, P. J. Dagnall, P. Fallon, S. M. Fischer, G. B. Hagemann, D. J. Hartley, K. Lagergren, R. W. Laird, T. Lauritsen, J. C. Lisle, D. Nisius, S. L. Shepherd, A. G. Smith, S. Tormanen, I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 72, 06307 (2005) – 11 pages. 29. “Study of the N = 77 odd-Z isotones near the proton-drip line,” M. N. Tantawy, C. R. Bingham, C. Mazzocchi, R. Grzywacz, W. Krolas, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. J. Gross, D. Fong, J. H. Hamilton, D.J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, Y. Larochelle, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, D. Shapira, J. A. Winger, C.-H. Yu, E. F. Zganjar, European Physical Journal A 25, s1.151-154 (2005). 30. “Coulomb excitation and transfer reactions with neutron-rich radioactive beams,” D. C. Radford, C. Baktash, C. J. Barton, J. Batchelder, J. R. Beene, C. R. Bingham, M. A. Caprio, M. Danchev, B. Fuentes, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo, C. J. Gross, M. L. Halbert, D. J. Hartley, P. Hausladen, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, Y. Larochelle, J. F. Liang, P. E. Mueller, E. Padilla, J. Pavan, A. Piechaczek, D. Shapira, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, A. Woehr, C.-H. Yu, N. V. Zamfir, European Physical Journal A 25, s1.383-387 (2005). 31. “New isomeric state in 116Ag,” J. C. Batchelder, J.-C. Bilheux, C. R. Bingham, H. K. Carter, D. Fong, P. E. Garrett, R. Grzywacz, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, W. D. Kulp, Y. Larochelle, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, K. P. Rykaczewski, E. H. Spejewski, D. W. Stracener, M. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, J. L. Wood, E. F. Zganjar, Physical Review C 72, 044306 (2005) – 6 pages. 32. “High-spin states in 179Au: Spectroscopy of shape-driving orbitals beyond the neutron midshell,” W. F. Mueller, W. Reviol, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, C. R. Bingham, J. Caggiano, C. N. Davids, D. Hartley, A. Heinz, B. Herskind, D. Jenkins, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, J. Ressler, L. L. Riedinger, D. G. Sarantites, D. Seweryniak, S. Siem, A. A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, P. G. Varmette, I. Wiedenhöver, and R. Wadsworth, Physical Review C 69, 064315 (2004) – 10 pages. 33. “Evidence for chiral symmetry breaking in 140Eu?” A. A. Hecht, C. W. Beausang, H. Amro, C. J. Barton, Z. Berant, M. A. Caprio, R. F. Casten, J. R. Cooper, D. J. Hartley, R. Krücken, D. A. Meyer, H. Newman, J. R. Novak, N. Pietralla, J. J. Ressler, A. Wolf, N. V. Zamfir, Jing-Ye Zhang, and K. E. Zyromski, Physical Review C 68, 054310 (2003) – 14 pages. 34. “Delayed backbending in the π h9/2 band of 187Ir,” M. Danchev, D. L. Balabanski, I. Yigitoglu, B. Akkus, C. W. Beausang, M. Bostan, R. F. Casten, M. K. Djongolov, M. N. Erduran, S. Erturk, K. A. Gladnishki, G. Gurdal, J. TM. Goon, D. J. Hartley, A. A. Hecht, R. Krücken, J. R. Novak, Y. Oktem, G. Rainovski, L. L. Riedinger, N. V. Zamfir, and O. Zeidan, Physical Review C 68, 054307 (2003) – 5 pages. 35. “Limits of the energy-spin phase space beyond the proton drip line: entry distributions of Pt and Au isobars,” M. B. Smith, J. A. Cizewski, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, M. Danchev, C. N. Davids, D. J. Hartley, A. Heinz, C. J. Lister, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. J. Ressler, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. Seweryniak, and I. Wiedenhöver, Physics Letters B 551, 262-268 (2003). 36. “Rotational band structures in N = 89 153Gd,” T. B. Brown, M. A. Riley, D. Campbell, D. J. Hartley, F. G. Kondev, J. Pfohl, R. V. F. Janssens, S. M. Fischer, D. Nisius, P. Fallon, W. C. Ma, J. Simpson, and J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, Physical Review C 66, 064320 (2002) – 13 pages. 37. “Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive 132,134,136Te Beams and the Low B(E2) of 136 Te,” D. C. Radford, C. Baktash, J. R. Beene, B. Fuentes, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. J. Gross, P. A. Hausladen, T. A. Lewis, P. E. Mueller, E. Padilla, D. Shapira, D. W. Stracener, C.-H. Yu, C. J. Barton, M. A. Caprio, L. Coraggio, A. Covello, A. Gargano, D. J. Hartley, N. V. Zamfir, Physical Review Letters 88, 222501 (2002) – 4 pages. 38. “Quadrupole Moments of Highly Deformed Structures in the A ~ 135 Region: Probing the Single-Particle Motion in a Rotating Potential,” R. W. Laird, F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, D. E. Archer, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, D. J. Hartley, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, D. R. LaFosse, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, J. Pfohl, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, R. Wadsworth, M. T. Matev, A. V. Afanasjev, J. Dobaczewski, G. A. Lalazissis, W. Nazarewicz, and W. Satula, Physical Review Letters 88, 152501 (2002) – 4 pages. 39. “Structure of high-spin states in 91Sr and 92Sr,” E. A. Stefanova, M. Danchev, R. Schwengner, D. L. Balabanski, M. P. Carpenter, M. Djongolov, S. M. Fischer, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, W. F. Mueller, D. Nisius, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, and O. Zeidan, Physical Review C 65, 034323 (2002) – 10 pages. 40. “High precision quadrupole moment measurements of states up to I = 20 ħ in the yrast band of 158Er,” S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, A. Dewald, P. Petkov, P. J. Nolan, M. A. Riley, A. J. Boston, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, D. J. Hartley, S. Kasemann, R. Krücken, P. von Brentano, R. W. Laird, E. S. Paul, and R. Peusquens, Physical Review C 65, 034320 (2002) – 8 pages. 41. “First observation of the drip line nucleus 140Dy: Identification of a 7 µs K isomer populating the ground state band,” W. Królas, R. Grzywacz, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, C. J. Gross, D. Fong, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, Y. Larochelle, T. A. Lewis, K. H. Maier, J. W. McConnell, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, K. Rykaczewski, D. Shapira, M. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, C.-H. Yu, E. F. Zganjar, A. T. Kruppa, W. Nazarewicz, and T. Vertse, Physical Review C 65, 031303(R) (2002) – 4 pages. 42. “Identification of excited structures in proton unbound nuclei 173,175,177Au: shape co-existence and intruder bands,” F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, J. A. Cizewski, M. Danchev, C. N. Davids, D. J. Hartley, A. Heinz, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. Ressler, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. Seweryniak, M. B. Smith and I. Wiedenhöver, Physics Letters B 512, 268-276 (2001). 43. “First evidence for triaxial superdeformation in 168Hf,” H. Amro, P. G. Varmette, W. C. Ma, B. Herskind, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, R. V. F. Janssens, M. Bergström, A. Bracco, M. Carpenter, J. Domscheit, S. Frattini, D. J. Hartley, H. Hübel, T. L. Khoo, F. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, B. Million, S. W. Ødegård, R. B. Piercey, L. L. Riedinger, K. A. Schmidt, S. Siem, I. Wiedenhöver, J. N. Wilson and J. A. Winger, Physics Letters B 506, 39-44 (2001). 44. “Evidence for chiral symmetry breaking in 136Pm and 138Eu,” A. A. Hecht, C. W. Beausang, K. E. Zyromski, D. L. Balabanski, C. J. Barton, M. A. Caprio, R. F. Casten, J. R. Cooper, D. J. Hartley, R. Krücken, D. Meyer, H. Newman, J. R. Novak, E. S. Paul, N. Pietralla, A. Wolf, N. V. Zamfir, Jing-Ye Zhang, and F. Dönau, Physical Review C 63, 051302(R) (2001) – 4 pages. 45. “Chiral Doublet Structures in Odd-Odd N = 75 Isotones: Chiral Vibrations,” K. Starosta, T. Koike, C. J. Chiara, D. B. Fossan, D. R. LaFosse, A. A. Hecht, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Caprio, J. R. Cooper, R. Krücken, J. R. Novak, N. V. Zamfir, K. E. Zyromski, D. J. Hartley, D. L. Balabanski, Jing-ye Zhang, S. Frauendorf, and V. I. Dimitrov, Physical Review Letters 86, 971-974 (2001). 46. “Highly deformed rotational structures in 136Pm,” J. Pfohl, R. W. Laird, M. A. Riley, F. G. Kondev, D. E. Archer, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, D. J. Hartley, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, D. R. LaFosse, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, R. Wadsworth, Y. Sun, A. V. Afanasjev, and I. Ragnarsson, Physical Review C 62, 031304(R) (2000) – 5 pages. 47. “Parity measurements in odd-odd 86Nb,” M. W. Cooper, D. J. Hartley, R. A. Kaye, K. W. Kemper, M. A. Riley, C. Smith, G. Z. Solomon, D. A. Soltysik, and S. L. Tabor, Physical Review C 59, 2268-2271 (1999). 48. “Spin ~ 60 ħ in 156Dy: Competition between collective and terminating structures at very high-spin,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, R. V. F. Janssens, J. Simpson, A. V. Afanasjev, I. Ragnarsson, I. Ahmad, D. J. Blumenthal, T. B. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, P. Fallon, S. M. Fischer, G. Hackman, D. J. Hartley, C. A. Kalfas, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, D. Nisius, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, P. G. Varmette, Physics Letters B 437, 35-43 (1998). 49. “Quadrupole moment measurement of the highly deformed πg9/2 υh11/2 band in 130 Pr,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, D. J. Hartley, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, D. R. LaFosse, R. W. Laird, F. Lerma, M. Lively, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, J. Pfohl, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, R. Wadsworth, European Physical Journal A 2, 249-251 (1998). 50. “Rotational bands in 170Yb and 171Yb and the projected shell model,” D. E. Archer, M. A. Riley, T. B. Brown, D. J. Hartley, J. Doring, G. D. Johns, J. Pfohl, S. L. Tabor, J. Simpson, Y. Sun, and J. L. Egido, Physical Review C 57, 29242943 (1998). 51. “Superdeformed band in 155Dy: Where does the ``island'' of superdeformation end?” S. M. Fischer, R. V. F. Janssens, M. A. Riley, R. R. Chasman, I. Ahmad, D. J. Blumenthal, T. B. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, G. Hackman, D. J. Hartley, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, D. Nisius, J. Simpson, and P. G. Varmette, Physical Review C 54, R2806-R2810 (1997). 52. “Nuclear structure of neutron-rich 78As,” J. Doring, G. D. Johns, D. J. Hartley, R. A. Kaye, K. W. Kemper, G. N. Sylvan, and S. L. Tabor, Zeitschrift fur Physik A 354, 345-346 (1996). 53. “Rotational structures in 177Ta,” D. E. Archer, M. A. Riley, T. B. Brown, J. Doring, D. J. Hartley, G. D. Johns, T. D. Johnson, R. A. Kaye, J. Pfohl, and S. L. Tabor, Physical Review C 52, 1326-1338 (1995). d. Conference proceedings: i. The following proceedings are ones where I had a primary role in the experiment, analysis, and writing of the paper. 1. “Search For Wobbling Excitations In Hf Nuclei: Are The SD Bands Triaxial?” D. J. Hartley, M. K. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, E. F. Moore, M. A. Riley, A. A. Aguilar, C. R. Bingham, D. B. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, M. Cromaz, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, P. Fallon, J. Goon, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, R. W. Laird, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. McClain, G. Mukherjee, E. NgijoiYogo, H. I. Park, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, P. M. Walker, J.-y. Zhang, Proceedings of Nuclei at the Limits, D. Seweryniak and T. L. Khoo, eds., pp. 1520 (2005); AIP Conference Proceedings 764 (2005). 2. “Spectroscopy of 171Ta,” W. H. Mohr and D. J. Hartley, Proceedings of the National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2005. 3. “Possible triaxial superdeformation in 174Hf,” D. J. Hartley, M. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, D. L. Balabanski, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, H. El-Masri, J. Goon, A. Heinz, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, M. A. Riley, D. Seweryniak, I. Shestakova, G. Sletten, P. M. Walker, C. Wheldon, I. Wiedenhover, O. Zeidan, J.-Y. Zhang, Proceedings from the Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, Berkeley, California, P.Fallon and R.Clark, Eds., p.177 (2003); AIP Conf. Proc. 656 (2003). 4. “Possible triaxial superdeformation in 174Hf,” D. J. Hartley, M. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, D. L. Balabanski, M. Danchev, J. Goon, O. Zeidan, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Lister, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, A. Heinz, T. L. Khoo, T. L. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, D. Seweryniak, I. Wiedenhover, M. A. Riley, D. M. Cullen, C. Wheldon, P. Chowdhury, I. Shestakova, G. D. Dracoulis, H. El-Masri, P. M. Walker, R. Kaye, and G. Sletten, and Jing-ye Zhang, Mapping the Triangle: International Conference on Nuclear Structure, Grand Teton, Wyoming, A. Aprahamian, J. A. Cizewski, S. Pittel, N. V. Zamfirp, Eds., 119-124 (2002); AIP Conf. Proc. 638 (2002). 5. “Signature inversion in odd-odd nuclei,” L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, A. Galindo-Uribarri, B. H. Smith, C. Baktash, M. P. Carpenter, M. Danchev, M. Devlin, C. J. Gross, R. V. F. Janssens, M. Lipoglavsek, S. D. Paul, D. C. Radford, W. Reviol, D. G. Sarantites, D. Seweryniak, C.-H. Yu, O. Zeidan, Acta Physica Polonica B 32, 2613-2623 (2001). 6. “Rotational bands built on intruder states in deformed nuclei,” L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, W. Reviol, O. Zeidan, J.-Y. Zhang, Trans. Bulg. Nucl. Soc. 5, 121 (2000). ii. The following proceedings are ones in which I assisted with the experiment. 1. “Recent Results at Ultrahigh Spin: Terminating States and Beyond in Mass 160 Rare-earth Nuclei,” E.S. Paul, J.M. Rees, P. Hampson, M.A. Riley, J. Simpson, A.D. Ayangeakaa, J.S. Baron, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, U. Garg, D.J. Hartley, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P.J.R. Mason, J. Matta, S.L. Miller, P.J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, D.C. Radford, J.P. Revill, X. Wang, S. Zhu, I. Ragnarsson, Acta Physica Polonica 46, 487 (2015). 2. “Spectroscopy of Neutron-Deficient Nucle Near the Z = 82 Closed Shell via Symmetric Fusion Reactions,” F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, S. Zhu, R. V. F. Janssens, I. Ahmed, B. B. Back, P. F. Bertone, J. Chen, C. J. Chiara, J. P. Greene, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, C. Nair, A. M. Rogers, D. Seweryniak, D. J. Hartley, Heavy Ion Accelerator Symp. 2013, p. 01013 (2013); EPJ Web of Conf. 63 (2013). 3. “Strongly deformed nuclear states at ultra-high spin and shape coexistence in N ~ 90 nuclei,” M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, A. O. Evans, D. J. Hartley, K. Lagergen, J. Ollier, E. S. Paul, A. Pipidis, J. Simpson, C. Teal, P. J. Twin, X. Wang, D. E. Appelbe, D. B. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, I. G. Darby, P. Fallon, U. Garg, R. V. F. Janssens, D. T. Joss, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, I. Y. Lee, C. J. Lister, A. O. Macchiavelli, P. J. Nolan, M. Petri, S. V. Rigby, J. Thompson, C. Unsworth, D. Ward, S. Zhu, and I. Ragnarsson, Acta Physica Polonica 40, 513 – 522 (2009). 4. “Theory of nuclear stability using point group symmetries: Outline and illustrations,” J. Dudek, K. Mazurek, D. Curien, A. Dobrowolski, A. Góźdź, D. Hartley, A. Maj, L. Riedinger, N. Schnuck, Acta Physica Polonica 40, 713 – 724 (2009). 5. “New Results on Fission Cross Sections in Actinide Nuclei Using the Surrogate Ratio Method and on Conversion Coefficients in Triaxial Strongly Deformed Bands in 167Lu from ICE Ball and Gammasphere,” C. W. Beausang, S. R. Lesher, J. T. Burke, L. A. Bernstein, L. Phair, H. Ai, G. Gurdal, L. Ahle, D. S. Brenner, M. Carpenter, R. M. Clark, B. Crider, J. Escher, P. Fallon, J. P. Greene, D. J. Hartley, A. A. Hecht, R. V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, I. Y. Lee, C. J. Lister, A. O. Macchiavelli, M. A. McMahan, C. Plettner, J. Rohrer, D. Seweryniak, E. Williams, S. Zhu, Acta Phys. Pol. B38, 1535 (2007) 6. “Observation of states beyond band termination in 156,157,158Er and strongly deformed structures in 173,174,175Hf,” M. A. Riley, M. K. Djongolov, A. O. Evans, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, E. S. Paul, A. Pipidis, J. Simpson, A. A. Aguilar, D. E. Appelbe, C. R. Bingham, D. B. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, P. T. W. Choy, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, P. Fallon, A. Gorgen, G. B. Hagemann, D. T. Joss, J. Goon, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, R. W. Laird, K. Lagergren, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. McClain, E. F. Moore, G. Mukherjee, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, P. J. Nolan, H. I. Park, L. L. Riedinger, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, P. M. Walker, D. Ward, I. Ragnarsson, F. Saric, J. Zhang, Physica Scripta T125, 123-126 (2006). 7. “Beyond band termination in 157Er and the search for wobbling excitations in strongly deformed 174Hf,” M. A. Riley, M. K. Djongolov, A. O. Evans, D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, E. S. Paul, J. Simpson, A. A. Aguilar, D. E. Appelbe, C. R. Bingham, D. B. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, P. T. W. Choy, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, D. M. Cullen, M. Danchev, G. D. Dracoulis, P. Fallon, A. Gorgen, G. B. Hagemann, D. T. Joss, J. Goon, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, R. W. Laird, K. Lagergren, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. McClain, E. F. Moore, G. Mukherjee, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, P. J. Nolan, H. I. Park, A. Pipidis, L. L. Riedinger, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, P. M. Walker, D. Ward, I. Ragnarsson, F. Saric, J. Zhang, Journal of Physics (London) G 31, S1735-S1740 (2005). 8. “Quadrupole moment measurements of TSD1 and TSD2 bands in 167Lu,” G. Gurdal, H. Amro, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, M. P. Carpenter, R. F. Casten, C. Engelhardt, G. B. Hagemann, C. R. Hansen, D. J. Hartley, B. Herskind, H. Hubel, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, D. A. Meyer, E. F. Moore, A. Neusser, P. Bringel, D. G. Roux, G. Sletten, R. B. Yadav, Y. Zhang, Journal of Physics (London) G 31, S1873-S1876 (2005). 9. “Coulomb excitation and transfer reactions with rare neutron-rich isotopes,” D. C. Radford, C. Baktash, C. J. Barton, J. Batchelder, J. R. Beene, C. R. Bingham, M. A. Caprio, M. Danchev, B. Fuentes, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo, C. J. Gross, M. L. Halbert, D. J. Hartley, P. Hausladen, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, Y. Larochelle, J. F. Liang, P. E. Mueller, E. Padilla, J. Pavan, A. Piechaczek, D. Shapira, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, A. Woehr, C. -H. Yu, and N. V. Zamfir, Nuclear Physics A 752, 264c-272c (2005). 10. “Nuclear structure studies with heavy neutron-rich RIBS at the HRIBF,” D. C. Radford, C. Baktash, J. R. Beene, B. Fuentes, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo, C. J. Gross, M. L. Halbert, Y. Larochelle, T. A. Lewis, J. F. Liang, J. Mas, P. E. Mueller, E. Padilla, D. Shapira, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, C.-H. Yu, C. J. Barton, M. A. Caprio, D. J. Hartley, N. V. Zamfir, Nuclear Physics A 746, 83c-89c (2004). 11. “Recent results of proton drip-line studies at the HRIBF recoil mass spectrometer,” J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, C. J. Gross, R.Grzywacz, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, K. Hagino, M. Karny, W. Krolas, Y. Larochelle, J. W. McConnell, A. Piechaczek, K. P. Rykaczewski, K. Rykaczewski, P. A. Semmes, M. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, C.-H. Yu, E.F. Zganjar, Proceedings from the Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, Berkeley, California, P.Fallon and R.Clark, Eds., p.77 (2003); AIP Conf.Proc. 656 (2003). 12. “First observation of excited states in 140Dy,” W. Krolas, R. Grzywacz, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, C. J. Gross, D. Fong, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, Y. Larochelle, T. A. Lewis, K. H. Maier, J. W. McConnell, A. Piechaczek, A.V. Ramayya, K. Rykaczewski, D. Shapira, M. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, C.-H. Yu, E. F. Zganjar, A. T. Kruppa, W. Nazarewicz, T. Vertse, Acta Physica Polonica B 34, 2315 (2003). 13. “Nuclear structure studies with heavy neutron-rich ribs at the HRIBF,” D. C. Radford, C. Baktash, J. R. Beene, B. Fuentes, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. J. Gross, P. A. Hausladen, T. A. Lewis, P. E. Mueller, E. Padilla, D. Shapira, D. W. Stracener, C.-H. Yu, C. J. Barton, M. A. Caprio, L. Coraggio, A. Covello, A. Gargano, D. J. Hartley, N. V. Zamfir, Proceedings of Frontiers of Collective Motions, (2003). 14. “Evidence for chiral symmetry in the mass A~130 region,” C. W. Beausang, A. A. Hecht, K. E. Zyromski, D. Balabanski, C. J. Barton, M. A. Caprio, R. F. Casten, J. R. Cooper, D. Hartley, R. Krucken, J. R. Novak, N. V. Zamfir, J.-Y. Zhang, F. Donau, Nuclaer Physics A 682, 394c-398c (2001). 15. “First Observation of Excited Structures in Neutron Deficient, Odd-Mass Pt, Au and Hg Nuclei,” F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, M. Alcorta, H. Amro, J. Caggiano, J. A. Cizewski, M. Danchev, C. N. Davids, D. J. Hartley, A. Heinz, B. Herskind, R. A. Kaye, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. Ressler, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. Seweryniak, S. Siem, M. B. Smith, A. A. Sonzogni, P. G. Varmette, I. Wiedenhover, Nuclaer Physics A 682, 487c-492c (2001). 16. “Towards digital spectroscopy of proton emitters,” K. P. Rykaczewski, R. K. Grzywacz, M. Karny, J. W. McConnell, M. Momayezi, J. Wahl, Z. Janas, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, D. Hartley, M. N. Tantawy, C. J. Gross, T. N. Ginter, J. H. Hamilton, W. D. Kulp, M. Lipoglavsek, A. Piechaczek, E. F. Zganjar, W. B. Walters, J. A. Winger, Nuclaer Physics A 682, 270c-278c (2001). 17. “Systematic study of energy-spin entry distributions at the proton dripline in the A~170 region,” M. B. Smith, J. A. Cizewski, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, K. Abu Saleem, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, M. Danchev, C. N. Davids, D. J. Hartley, A. Heinz, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, W. C. Ma, G. L. Poli, J. J. Ressler, W. Reviol, L. L. Riedinger, D. Seweryniak, I. Wiedenhover, Nuclaer Physics A 682, 433c-438c (2001). 18. “Discrete line spectroscopy at the extremes of angular momentum in normal deformed 156Dy and global differential lifetime measurements in the A~130 highly-deformed region,” M. A. Riley, F. G. Kondev, A. V. Afanasjev, T. B. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, S. M. Fischer, D. J. Hartley, I. M. Hibbert, R. V. F. Janssens, D. T. Joss, T. L. Khoo, D. R. LaFosse, R. W. Laird, T. Lauritsen, F. Lerma, M. Lively, W. C. Ma, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, J. Pfohl, I. Ragnarsson, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson, and R. Wadsworth, Acta Physica Polonica B 30, 593 (1999). 19. “Exploring the I = 50-60 ħ domain: collective and terminating structures in 156Dy, 159 Er and 160Er,” F.G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, R. V. F. Janssens, A. V. Afanasjev, I. Ragnarsson, T. B. Brown, D. J. Hartley, M. P. Carpenter, P. Fallon, S. M. Fischer, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, J. C. Lisle and C. A. Kalfas, Journal of Physics G 25, 897-899 (1999). 20. “Relative quadrupole deformations for structures in odd proton (Z = 59) Pr nuclei near mass A ~130,” F. G. Kondev, M. A. Riley, T. B. Brown, R. M. Clark, M. Devlin, P. Fallon, D. J. Hartley, I. M. Hibbert, D. T. Joss, D. R. LaFosse, R. W. Laird, F. Lerma, M. Lively, P. J. Nolan, N. J. O'Brien, E. S. Paul, J. Pfohl, D. G. Sarantites, R. K. Sheline, S. L. Shepherd, J. Simpson and R. Wadsworth, Journal of Physics G 25, 893-895 (1999). e. Invited presentations: 1. “Search for Tetrahedral Symmetry in 156Dy,” D. J. Hartley et al., ATLAS HeavyIon Discussion Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, February 26, 2016. 2. “Search for Triaxial Deformation in Neutron-Rich Mo/Ru Nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, Fast Timing Workshop, National Physics Laboratory, Teddington, England, March 19-20, 2015. 3. “Evidence of Asymmetric Shapes from Rotating Nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, November 16, 2011. 4. “Pyramid-shaped nuclei: Are you serious? (Tetrahedral symmetry in the nuclear system),” D. J. Hartley, ATLAS Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, September 21, 2009. 5. “Wobbling beyond Lu? Candidate TSD bands in 167Ta,” D. J. Hartley, Gordon Research Conference for Nuclear Chemistry, New London, NH, June 21-26, 2009. 6. “Pyramid-shaped nuclei: Are you serious,” D.J. Hartley, NARC Seminar, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, January 26, 2009. 7. “Searching for an asymmetric needle in a symmetric universe: Collective wobbling excitation in 167Ta,” D. J. Hartley, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT, December 9, 2008. 8. “Evidence of triaxial deformation in N = 100 Nuclei?” D. J. Hartley, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, November 13, 2006. 9. “Searching for an asymmetric needle in a symmetric world: Triaxial nuclei in the rare-earth region,” D. J. Hartley, US Naval Academy Physics Seminar, Annapolis, MD, October 10, 2006. 10. “The continued pursuit of stable triaxiality,” D. J. Hartley, ATLAS Users Meeting, Argonne, IL, April 8, 2006. 11. “In search of: Stable triaxial deformation,” D. J. Hartley, Gudrunfest: Conference Celebrating the Retirement of Gudrun Hagemann, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 15-16, 2005. 12. “Search for wobbling excitations in 174Hf: Are the TSD bands triaxial?,” D. J. Hartley, Conference on Nuclear Structure at the Limits 2004, Argonne, IL, August 2-7, 2004. 13. “Quadrupole moments and decay properties of TSD bands in 174Hf,” D. J. Hartley, Yale Workshop 2003, New Haven, CT, June 12-14, 2003. 14. “Possible triaxial superdeformed bands in 174Hf,” D. J. Hartley, International Conference on Nuclear Structure 2002, Jackson Hole, WY, May 22-25, 2002. 15. “Detailed spectroscopy of candidate chiral-twin bands in 136Pm,” D. J. Hartley, Gordon Research Conference of Nuclear Chemistry, New London, NH, June 1519, 2001. 16. “Possible chial-twin bands in the mass 190 region,” D. J. Hartley, Yale Workshop 2001, New Haven, CT June 11-14, 2001. f. Contributed presentations: i. The following talks are ones where I had a primary role in the experiment, analysis, and/or the preparation of the presentation. 1. “An Exploration of Structures in the Transitional Odd-Odd Nucleus 160La,” S. T. Hallgren, D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, J. Baron, S. Miller, J. Simpson, P. J. R. Mason, E. S. Paul, A. J. Boston, H. C. Boston, P. J. Nolan, J. Wright, R. V. F. Janssens, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, L. L. Riedinger, J. Carroll, C. J. Chiara, J. Harker, U. Garg, J. Matta, and W. C. Ma, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Baltimore, MD April 11-14, 2015. 2. “Triaxial Deformation in 171Re?” D. J. Hartley, E. E. Pedicini, J. Cavey, J. R. Vanhoy, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, L. L. Riedinger, A. D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. Matta, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, E. G. Jackson, W. C. Ma, E. S. Paul, J. Simpson, J. J. Carroll, and M. Litz, Annual Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, Newport News, VA, October 23-26, 2013. 3. “Search for the Wobbling Mode in 169Re,” D. J. Hartley, E. E. Pedicni, J. R. Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, L. L. Riedinger, P. F. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, G. Gurdal, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, A. D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. Matta, W. C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 31-April 3, 2012. 4. “Search for the Exotic Wobbling Mode in 171Re,” E. E. Pedicini, D. J. Hartley, J. R. Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, R. V. F. Janssens, P. F. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, G. Gurdal, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, L. L. Riedinger, A. D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. T. Matta, W. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Anaheim, CA, April 3-May3, 2011. 5. “Triaxiality in 167Ta and the Wobbling Phonon `Issue’,” D. J. Hartley, E. P. Seyfried, J. R. Vanhoy, S. Frauendorf, U. Garg, S. Mukhopadhyay, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, I. Stefanescu, S. Zhu, L. L. Riedinger, I. G. Darby, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, X. Wang, P. Chowdhury, S. Lakshmi, S. K. Tandel, U. Tandel, Q. A. Ijaz, and W. C. Ma, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, November 2-6, 2010. 6. “Possible tetrahedral band in 156Dy,” L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, D. Curien, J. Dudek, G. Duchene, B. Gall, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, C. Beausang, P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, J. Sharpey-Schafer, J. M. Allmond, C. H. Yu, J. Simpson, and V. Werner, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, November 2-6, 2010. 7. “Transition strength ratios in the tetrahedral candidate 156Dy,” D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, D. Curien, J. Dudek, B. Gall, J. M. Allmond, C. W. Beausang, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, I. Stefanescu, S. Zhu, P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, K. Mazuerek, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, N. Schunck, C.-H. Yu, J. Sharpey-Schafer, and J. Simpson, Third Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan, Waikoloa, HI, October 13-17, 2009. 8. “Multitude of bands in 156Dy,” L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, D. Curien, J. Dudek, B. Gall, J. M. Allmond, C. W. Beausang, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, I. Stefanescu, S. Zhu, P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, K. Mazuerek, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, N. Schunck, C.-H. Yu, J. Sharpey-Schafer, and J. Simpson, Third Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan, Waikoloa, HI, October 13-17, 2009. 9. “Wobbling beyond Lu: TSD bands in 167Ta,” D. J. Hartley, E. P. Seyfried, J. R. Vanhoy, I. G. Darby, L. L. Riedinger, A. Aguilar, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, I. Stefanescu, S. Zhu, P. Chowdhury, S. Lakshmi, S. K. Tandel, U. S. Tandel, Q. Ijaz, W. C. Ma, U. Garg, and S. Mukhopadhyay, Division of Nuclear Physics Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA, October 23-26, 2008. 10. “Shears bands in 204At and 206Fr?” E. P. Seyfried, D. J. Hartley, W. Reviol, D. G. Sarantites, C. J. Chiara, O. L. Pechenaya, K. Hauschild, A. Lopez-Marteens, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, American Physical Societry April Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 11-15, 2008. 11. “Wobbling modes in Ta nuclei?” D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, J. R.Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. Teal, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, A.A. Hecht, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, M. K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, W. C. Ma, S. W. Odegard, American Physical Society April Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, April 13-17, 2007. 12. “Excitation Function for the 51V, 120Sn Reaction and Multipolarity of 167Ta Gamma Rays,” Alexander Ludington and D. J. Hartley, National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2007, San Rafael, CA, April 12-14, 2007. 13. “Search for the wobbling mode in 171Ta,” D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, J. R. Vanhoy, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. Teal, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, A. A. Hecht, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, M. K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, W. C. Ma, S. W. Odegard, American Physical Society April Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 22-25, 2006. 14. “Where’s the wobbling? A search for triaxiality in 171Ta,” D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, M. A. Riley, R. V. F. Janssens, G. B. Hagemann, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, M. Danchev, M. K. Djongolov, G. D. Dracoulis, A. Hecht, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, E. F. Moore, S. W. Odegard, L. L. Riedinger, G. Sletten, S. K. Tandel, C. Teal, J. R. Vanhoy, S. Zhu, Gordon Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, New London, NH, June 26-30, 2005. 15. “Spectroscopy of 171Ta,” W. H. Mohr and D. J. Hartley, National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, Lexington, VA, April 21-23, 2005. 16. “Search for wobbling excitations in superdeformed Hf nuclei,” D. J. Hartley, M. K. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, C. R. Bingham, M. Danchev, J. Goon, Jing-ye Zhang, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, G. Hagemann, G. Sletten, A. Aguilar, M. A. Riley, P. Chowdhury, G. Mukherjee, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, S. K. Tandel, D. M. Cullen, G. D. Dracoulis, R. A. Kaye, R. W. Laird, B. McClain, Division of Nuclear Physics, Chicago, IL, October 27-30, 2004. 17. “Two-quasiparticle Bands in 174Hf Studied with Gammasphere,” M. K. Djongolov, L. L. Riedinger, C. R. Bingham, M. Danchev, J. Goon, Jing-ye Zhang, D. J. Hartley, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, G. Hagemann, G. Sletten, A. Aguilar, M. A. Riley, P. Chowdhury, G. Mukherjee, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, S. K. Tandel, D. M. Cullen, G. D. Dracoulis, R. A. Kaye, R. W. Laird, B. McClain, Division of Nuclear Physics, Chicago, IL, October 27-30, 2004. 18. “Extending the region of triaxial superdeformation: candidate TSD bands in 174 Hf,” D. J. Hartley et al., Division of Nuclear Physics, East Lansing, MI, October 9-12, 2002. 19. “High-K bands at high spin in 174Hf,” D. J. Hartley et al, American Physical Society April Meeting, Albuquere, NM, April 20-23, 2002. 20. “Possible chiral-twin bands in 136Pm,” D. J. Hartley et al, American Physical Society April Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1, 2001. 21. “First evidence of excited states in 126Pr,” D. J. Hartley et al, Division of Nuclear Physics, Williamsburg, VA, October 4-7, 2000. 22. “High-K bands in light praseodymium nuclei,” D. J. Hartley et al, Division of Nuclear Physics, Williamsburg, VA, October 4-7, 2000. 23. “Observation of i13/2 structures below the N = 72 highly deformed shell gap,” D. J. Hartley et al, Nuclear Structure 2000, East Lansing, MI, August 15-19, 2000. 24. “Three-band mixing in 131Nd,” D. J. Hartley et al, American Physical Society April Meeting, Long Beach, CA, May 31-June 2, 2000. 25. “Migration from the normal to the highly deformed minimum in 131Nd,” D. J. Hartley et al, Gordon Research Conference of Nuclear Chemistry, New London, NH, June 13-17, 1999. 26. “Rotational structures in 125La and alignments in the A~130 region,” D. J. Hartley et al, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 20-26, 1999. 27. “Superdeformed bands in 130,132Pr,” D. J. Hartley et al, Conference on Nuclear Structure at the Limits, Argonne, IL, July 22-26, 1996. ii. The following presentations are ones in which I assisted with the experiment. 1. “Search for High-Spin Triaxial Strongly Deformed Bands in 168W,” W. C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Premarashna, J. C. Marsh, R. B. Yadav, U. Garg, J. T. Matta, A. D. Ayangeakaa, Y. Gupta, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, J. Chen, D. J. Hartley, D. C. Biswas, R. Chakrabarti, C. Petrache, C. J. Chiara, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 11-14, 2015. 2. “Search for isomers in 254Rf,” J. Chen, F. G. Kondev, D. Seweryniak, M. P. Carpenter, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, P. Bertone, C. J. Chiara, J. P. Greene, C. R. Hoffman, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. Nair, A. Rogers, G. Savard, S. Zhu, H. David, D. Doherty, P. Greenlees, J. Konki, S. Stolze, K. Hauschild, D. J. Hartley, S. S. Hota, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 3. “Identification of triaxial strongly deformed bands in 164Hf,” J. C. Marsh, W. C. Ma, Q. A. Ijaz, R. B. Yadav, G. B. Hagemann, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, M. Alocrta, C. Hoffman, F. G. Kondev, G. Gurdal, L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, S. Mukhopadhyay, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 4. “Band structures and nucleon alignments in 173,175W,” C. J. Guess, S. K. Tandel, P. Chowdhury, U. Shirwadkar, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, X. Wang, S. Zhu, D. J. Hartley, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 5. “In-beam and α-decay studies of 180Tl,” F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, S. Zhu, R. V. F. Janssens, B. B. Back, P. F. Bertone, J. Chen, C. A. Chiara, C. J. Copos, J. P. Greene, G. Henning, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, C. Nair, A. Rogers, G. Savard, D. Seweryniak, D. J. Hartley, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 6. “High-spin spectroscopy in 163Hf,” R. B. Yadav, W. C. Ma, Q. A. Ijaz, J. Marsh, G.B. Hagemann, M. Carpenter, C. Hoffman, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. F. Zhu, G. Gurdal, M. Alcorta, L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, S. Mukhopadhyay, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 7. “Spectroscopy of 161Yb with ATLAS/Gammasphere,” J. Gaison, J. Carroll, M. Litz, X. Wang, M. Riley, J. Baron, S. Miller, J. Simpson, E. Paul, A. Boston, H. Boston, J. Nolan, M. Rees, J. Revill, R. Janssens, M. Carpenter, F. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, L. Riedinger, D. Hartley, A. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, C. Chiara, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2012. 8. “Collective structures up to spin ~65h in the N=90 isotones 158Er and 157Ho,” X. Wang, M. A. Riley, S. L. Miller, J. Simpson, E. S. Paul, H. C. Boston, P. Hampson, D. S. Judson, P. J. Nolan, J. M. Rees, J. P. Revill, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. R. Hoffman, F. G. Kondev, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, A. D. Ayangeakaa, J. Matta, D. J. Hartley, D. C. Radford, L. L. Riedinger, I. Ragnarsson, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Atlanta, Ga, March 31-April 3, 2012. 9. “Unusual quasiparticle alignments in 168,169W,” S. L. Miller, X. Wang, M. A. Riley, D. J. Hartley, E. E. Pedicini, J. R. Vanhoy, L. L. Riedinger, R. V. F. Janssens, P. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, G. Gurdal, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, A. D. Ayangeakka, U. Garg, J. Matta, W. C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Atlanta, Ga, March 31-April 3, 2012. 10. “Ultrahigh-spin spectroscopy of 168, 171,172Hf,” W. C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, R. B. Yadav, Y. C. Zhang, Q. A. Ijaz, J. Marsh, D. M. Cullen, L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, S. Lakshmi, S. S. Hota, P. Chowdhury, C. J. Chiara, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, The American Physical Society April Meeting, Anaheim, CA April 30-May 3, 2011. 11. “Quadrupole moment measurements for strongly deformed bands in 171,172Hf,” S. Mukhopadhyay, W. C. Ma, R. B. Yadav, J. Marsh, Q. A. Ijaz, D. M. Cullen, L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, S. Lakshmi, S. S. Hota, P. Chowdhury, C. J. Chiara, Y. Toh, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, and S. Zhu, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, November 2-6, 2010. 12. “Spectroscopic studies on proton-rich nucleus 175Pt,” G. Gűrdal, M. P. Carpenter, F. G. Kondev, R. V. F. Janssens, I. Ahmad, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, D. J. Hartley, and L. L. Riedinger, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, November 2-6, 2010. 13. “Study of 171Hf at high rotational frequency,” Y. C. Zhang, W.C. Ma, A. V. Afanasjev, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, D. G. Roux, R. B. Yadav, G. B. Hagemann, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, P. Chowdhury, D. M. Cullen, S. V. Rigby, D. T. Scholes, M. K. Djonglov, L. L. Riedinger, D. J. Hartley, S. Odegard, American Physical Societry April Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 11-15, 2008. 14. “Decay pathways and rotational properties of strongly deformed bands in 168Hf,” W. C. Ma, R. B. Yadav, H. Amro, P. G. Varmette, Y. C. Zhang, G. B. Hagemann, B. Herskind, K. A. Schmidt, G. Sletten, M. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Bracco, S. Frattini, B. Million, J. Domscheit, H. Hubel, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, S.W. Odegard, S. Siem, American Physical Societry April Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 11-15, 2008. 15. “Non-yrast states in 221Th,” W. Reviol, D.G. Sarantites, C. J. Chiara, O. L. Pechenaya, J.Snyder, K. Hauschild, A. Lopez-Marteens, D. J. Hartley, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, American Physical Societry April Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 11-15, 2008. 16. “The Decay Pathways of a Triaxial Strongly Deformed (TSD) Band in 168Hf,” R. B. Yadav, W. C. Ma, H. Amro, P. G. Varmette, G. B. Hagemann, B. Herskind, K. A. Schmidt, G. Sletten, M. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Bracco, S. Frattini, B. Million, J. Domscheit, H. Hubel, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger, S.W. Odegard, S. Siem, Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, Newport News, VA, October 10-13, 2007. 17. “Highly deformed shape structures in 160,161Tm,” C. Teal, K. Lagergren, M. A. Riley, A. Aguilar, M. P. Carpenter, U. Garg, G. B. Hagemann, D. J. Hartley, D. T. Joss, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, S.W. Odegard, G. Sletten, X. Wang, S. Zhu, American Physical Society April Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, April 13-17, 2007. 18. “A detailed study of odd-odd 170Ta approaching spin 50 ħ,” A. Aguilar, M. A. Riley, C. Teal, K. Lagergren, K., D. J. Hartley, W. H. Mohr, J. R. Vanhoy, R. V. F. Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, A. A. Hecht, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, M. K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L. L. Riedinger, G. B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, W. C. Ma, S. W. Odegard, American Physical Society April Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, April 13-17, 2007. 19. “Quadrupole moments of normal deformed and triaxial strongly deformed bands in 167Lu,” E. Ngijoi-Yogo, W. C. Ma, D. G. Roux, R. B. Yadav, Y. Zhang, G. B. Hagemann, C. R. Hansen, B. Herskind, G. Sletten, H. Amro, D. A. Meyer, G. Gurdal, C. W. Beausang, D. J. Hartley, C. Engelhardt, H. Hubel, A. Neusser, P. Bringel, M. P. Carpenter, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006. 20. “Internal conversion coefficient measurements of transitions in 167Lu,” G. Gurdal, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, E. Williams, B. Crider, R. Raabe, D. J. Hartley, M. P. Carpenter, R.V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, A. A. Hecht, J. X. Saladin, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006. 21. “Search for highly deformed rotational structures in tungsten isotopes,” S. K. Tandel, A. J. Knox, U. S. Tandel, C. Parnell-Lampen, P. Chowdhury, D. J. Hartley, J. Y. Zhang, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, X. Wang, S. Zhu, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006. 22. “Beta decay strengths from the decay of 116m1,m2,gsAg,” J. C. Batchelder, H.K. Carter, E. H. Spejewski, J. -C. Bilheux, K. P. Rykaczewski, D. W. Stracener, C. R. Bingham, R. Grzywacz, M. N. Tantawy, Y. Larochelle, J. H. Hamilton, W. Krolas, D. Fong, A. V. Ramayya, J. K. Hwang, P. E. Garrett, D. J. Hartley, D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, A. Piechaczek, E. F. Zganjar, J. A. Winger, Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006. 23. “Internal conversion coefficient measurements of transitions in 167Lu,” G. Gurdal, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, E. Williams, B. Crider, R. Raabe, D. J. Hartley, M. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, A. A. Hecht, J. X. Saladin, American Physical Society April Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 22-25, 2006. 24. “Strongly deformed structures in 171,172Hf,” W. C. Ma, Y. Zhang, E. Ngijoi-Yogo, D. G. Roux, J. A. Winger, R. B. Yadav, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, D. J. Hartley, D. Cullen, S. V. Rigby, D. T. Scholes, P. Chowdhury, S. Odegard, M. K. Djongolov, Division of Nuclear Physics, Maui, HI, September 18-22, 2005. 25. “A new isomeric state in 116Ag,” J. C. Batchelder, H. K. Carter, E. H. Spejewski, A. Piechaczek, E. F. Zganjar, J. C. Bilheux, K. P. Rykaczewski, D. W. Stracener, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, C. R. Bingham, R. Grzywacz, Y. Larochelle, M. N. Tantawy, D. J. Hartley, J. A. Winger, D. J. Fong, J. H. Hamilton, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, A. V. Ramayya, P. E. Garrett, Division of Nuclear Physics, Maui, HI, September 18-22, 2005. 26. “Search for Triaxial Superdeformation and Wobbling Mode in 171,172Hf,” Y. Zhang, W. C. Ma, D. G. Roux, J. A. Winger, R. B. Yadav, M. P. Carpenter, N. Hammond, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. K. Lister, E. F. Moore, S. Zhu, D. J. Hartley, D. Cullen, S. V. Rigby, D. T. Scholes, P. Chowdhury, S. Odegard, M. K. Djongolov, Jing-ye Zhang, Division of Nuclear Physics, Chicago, IL, October 27-30, 2004. 27. “Quadrupole moments of Wobbling Bands in 167Lu,” H. Amro, G. B. Hagemann, C. Beausang, D. A. Meyer, R. F. Casten, B. Herskind, G. Sletten, W. C. Ma, D. G. Roux, M. P. Carpenter, D. J. Hartley, E. F. Moore, P. Pringle, A. Neusser, Division of Nuclear Physics, Chicago, IL, October 27-30, 2004. V. Service: a. Department 2013-present: Faculty Pay Step Committee 2009-present: Investment financial officer for physics department 2007-present: Research Committee (Chair 2007-2010) 2006-2013, 2015: Member of Faculty Search Committee 2006-2009: Head organizer for Energy-Momentum Lecture Demonstration 2005-2014: Society of Physics Students Committee (Head in 2006) 2005, 2010: Served on Core Physics Text Book Review Committee 2003-present: Academic advisor for physics majors 2002-present: Administrator for CAPA Homework System Server (approximately 3-5 instructors use this system per semester) b. Yard 2016-present: Physics Representative to the Faculty Senate 2014-2016: Middle States Working Group Co-Chair 2012-present: Radiation Safety Committee 2012-2014: NARC Yard-Wide Committee 2006-2008: Coordinate Physics Demonstrations for High School Students 2005-2010: Plebe Advisor 2004-2005: Combined Federal Campaign Contact Person for Physics Department c. Professional Community: 2016 Wrote article for online McGraw-Hill encyclopedia (www.AccessScience.com) on the wobbling motion in nuclei 2012 Served on Nuclear Structure 2012 organizing committee 2012 Served on Low-Energy Nuclear Physics Community organizing committee 2011-2015 Serving on the ATLAS Users Executive Committee; Chair (20112013) 2011-2013 Served on the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) for the ATLAS accelerator facility at Argonne National Lab 2011 Served on organizing committee for the “Super User Conference” 2010-2011 Served on organizing committee for the “Waltzing to the Nuclear Limits Conference 2009-2013 Served on American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics Education Committee 2009 Sorter for American Physical Society 2010 April Meeting 2009 Convener for ATLAS Workshop 2009 2008-2010 Served on Gammasphere Users Executive Committee; Chair of committee in 2009 2007-2008 Served on International Advisory Committee for the Nuclear Structure 2008 Conference. Also chaired a session as the conference in East Lansing, Michigan. 2004 Served on Organizational Committee for the HRIBF Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, April 5-7 2004 2002-2004 Served on Gammasphere Users Executive Committee 2000- present Referee for: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C, Physics Letters B, European Physical Journal A